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ImageMagick: improper check for length in ReadDCMImage of coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c

Published Sep 6, 2018

Description

There is a missing check for length in the functions ReadDCMImage of coders/dcm.c and ReadPICTImage of coders/pict.c in ImageMagick 7.0.8-11, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted image.

Affected products

Remediation

Red Hat statement

This issue affects the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Extended Life Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Low, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Metrics

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (12)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 6, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Sep 6, 2018
Link CVE-2018-16644
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2018-16644
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Aug 27, 2018
Links CVE-2018-16644 - Bugzilla